ALAN AND TRACEY
Alan has been a practising stone carver for over thirty years, and has established his reputation as one of the country’s finest restoration carvers. As well as having a Master’s Degree in Fine Art and a conservation diploma, he served an apprenticeship as a stone carver at Lincoln Cathedral, eventually becoming their head carver.
For more than a decade he has practised as a freelance sculptor and stone carver, working on contemporary sculpture commissions as well as continuing to use his widely acknowledged expertise and wealth of experience in the restoration of buildings and ancient monuments. His diverse portfolio, featuring both contemporary and traditional figurative work, demonstrates an intuitive understanding of materials and techniques.
Alan’s teaching experience is well established; as well as the many years he has spent teaching stone carving to apprentices, he has spent time as a university lecturer, teaching both stone carving and architectural conservation and has taught countless workshops and classes to both beginners and more experienced craftspeople.
In 2013, his book ‘Restoration Stone Carving’ was published, which has come to be regarded as a definitive work on the subject.
Tracey completed her MA at the Royal College of Art in 1999, after which she pursued a career as an Art Lecturer. With varied experience working in numerous Art Colleges, as well as in the community, she completed her PGCE while working at Hull College School of Art. There she became a Critical and Contextual Studies Lecturer as well as teaching Art and Design, until becoming a Mother in 2011.
In 2009, Tracey began her Stone Carving apprenticeship with Alan, which continued while their three children were young, and later included learning to carve letters in stone. She now works in collaboration with Alan on commissions for inscriptions and memorials, alongside her own artistic practice.
With drawing at the foundation of Tracey’s practice, she loves the process of making designs for inscriptions and relief carvings, as well as translating her more gestural drawings into designs for finished pieces of sculpture.
Please get in touch with any enquiries below…….
Micklethwaite Studios
4 Exchange Street
Driffield
East Yorkshire
YO25 6LJ
Tel: 07472 366630
email: alanandtracey@micklethwaitestudios.co.uk